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Underrated show, it ages well. There are complexities that can be issued today that fly.

Just Shoot Me! is still as funny as it used to be. All the comedy still seems relevant to today which can be a hard thing to do. I think it comes down to the really talented cast and let's not forget creator Steve Levitan. The man is a genius...Modern Family anyone. It's a comedy that everybody can relate to and there is always one character you can identify with.

I'm actually a little shocked that more people didn't enjoy this show but I think it may be because it was a little before it's time. Some of the jokes are offensive to people and they take them as a personal insult. Move on and grow a thicker skin. If you give yourself permission to like this show then I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

I'm sorry, but if shows like Scrubs and Newsradio can get over 8 ratings, this deserves 10/10! Revolving around various people working in a fashion magazine (the boss, fashion editor, photographer etc) it basically follows their lives with hilarious results! The cast is absolutely superb and the comedy is delivered with class and with perfect timing. There is no overacting like in Scrubs and all this combines to make one of the greatest comedy shows ever! Each character brings his own unique humor to the show and the chemistry created has hardly been marched since (perhaps Will and Grace & My Family come close). Jack, Nina, Finch, Maya and Elliot have only one problem...they left our screens to soon!

After getting fired from her job at a news station for, yet again, letting her temper get the best of her in the face of disrespectful behavior towards her, feminist Maya Gallo goes to the fashion magazine run by her distant father, and finds herself being hired for a staff position. So begins the seven years of Just Shoot Me, with the clever wit, sarcastic jokes, and sit-com humor that often has a relatively provocative subject or moral to it, and almost always hits the nail on the head. The cast is marvelous, with all five regulars being immensely funny and having great chemistry with each other. Giacomo is a positive surprise in the lead as angry and opinionated, Segal is, as expected, very good, as the naive boss who can't do anything by himself, Malick I honestly don't know from anything else, but she shines as the former supermodel who *refuses* to give up her glory days. Colantoni is spot-on as the overly sensitive, womanizing photographer, and Spade gets to do his schtick of the pathetic, snarky guy who can't get a girl for the life of him. It's no secret that his caustic remarks are my favorite thing about this series. Do not miss this, if you enjoy when David does that. The character gallery is always well-stocked with colorful personalities, and in spite of the stereotypes that are apparent in many of the portrayals, this holds a lot of truths about many types of people. This had its share of celebrities popping up, and in general the guests, recurring or otherwise, tend to be cool. The acting is well-done. While not every single episode was flawless, the laughs are guaranteed, and the finale manages to balance entertaining with sweetness and a nice, proper farewell to the show, in a way that few are able to. A lot of the gags have to do with humiliation, and there is gross-out/bodily function material, as well. There's usually quite a bit of eye-candy, most of it for the males. That's kind of a Levitan trademark, isn't it? This, and the aptly titled Stacked, which, for those who are unaware, stars Pamela Anderson... yeah. Then again, they're also jam-packed with punchlines that seldom fall flat. I have not watched Back to You thus far, I am going to, trust me, I'm too big a fan of Grammar to not. I recommend this to anyone who can imagine liking it. 8/10

I loved this show. It was different and funny and the cast worked well together. David Spade was sarcastic and rude, Wendi Malick was narcissistic and consistently funny. George Segal did the arrogant ass well, Brian Posehn was great as the less than brainy mail clerk and Enrico Colantoni did the playboy photographer to perfection. Laura San Giacomo did her part well, although she was my least favorite person because she was a little inconsistent character-wise. The parade of guest characters were impressive and the first six seasons were great. Unfortunately, in Season 7 they added the Vicky character and really ruined the show for me. Rena Sofer is probably an okay actress (I've never seen her in anything else) but her character in this was awful. She didn't fit in with the rest of the cast and just stuck out like a sore thumb. I'm not surprised it ended after Season 7; it wasn't the good show it used to be.

In the early and mid-nineties, there was a rush to imitate the hit Britcom Absolutely Fabulous. Rosanne(Arnold, Barr, whatever) bought the American rights to the show, and CBS launched a clone - High Society - ASAP. Rosanne's plans came to nothing, and High Society failed almost immediately.

The problem was that America, and especially prime-time network television, was just not ready for the lewd, crude, cruel and politically incorrect comedy exemplified by Britcoms AbFab, Bottom and Men Behaving Badly, shows launched in Britain in the late-eighties or early-nineties. No, it would take several more years before the U.S. was anything close to ready.

First came Drew Carey, then, slowly, more, and more savage, shows began to appear. Just Shoot Me was one of the best of these; its setting - the New York office of a Cosmo-like magazine - made it possible to get down and dirty with the laughs, and great, naturally-wicked-humored actors (Spade and Segal) drove home every crude gag.

I greatly enjoyed this show for the six years it ran, and firmly believe that it was a victim (along with News Radio, 3rd Rock, and several others) of NBCs indifference to,and neglect of, its stable of great sitcoms. (I guess everything paled in comparison to Seinfeld, and no one at NBC had the sense to point out that Pretty Damn Good may not be Great, but still ain't half bad.)

I watch every episode of Just Shoot Me that appears in syndication, and encourage other TV addicts to do the same. The show is always good for a belly laugh, provided one is neither PC nor a prude.